Their own thing could very well be what Torchwood has become since CoE.
By "their own thing" I meant just them two. I can't imagine RTD continuing Torchwood without Captain Jack.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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§ ita § - Jan 08, 2010 6:36:20 am PST #11759 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 08, 2010 6:40:52 am PST #11760 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
By "their own thing" I meant just them two. I can't imagine RTD continuing Torchwood without Captain Jack.
We, I can see them holding down the fort while Jack's away. And given Gwen's condition, I wouldn't expect her to be out in the field, if she's still in Torchwood. Granted, who knows what time frame the M&M scenes are in, but they are doing some sort of "deal with the aliens" work.
smonster - Jan 08, 2010 7:53:21 am PST #11761 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm not over him.
Me neither. I still have CoE on my DVR and Jack kissing Ianto on my home desktop.
le nubian - Jan 08, 2010 7:56:27 am PST #11762 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aww. (sigh)
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2010 8:16:23 am PST #11763 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just recently replaced my default LJ icon of Ianto hugging Jack with Downey and Law as Holmes and Watson. It was hard. I'd only intended Ianto/Jack to get me through a week or two, but they stuck.
Liese S. - Jan 08, 2010 8:29:06 am PST #11764 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm not ready for Jack to get over Ianto in real time. I'm not over him.
So much this.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2010 3:38:08 pm PST #11765 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Flashforward's start date has been pushed back to March 18.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2010 5:16:19 pm PST #11766 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Has Sanctuary started using Tammy Faye Baker's makeup artist, or did Amanda Tapping just really piss off someone in that department?
Typo Boy - Jan 08, 2010 10:18:29 pm PST #11767 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Among the many sins of the Sanctuary writers is one that is probably minor, but that I happen to find irritating. The "I'm going to let the villain go because he (or she) is such a fun opponent." In spite of the fact that the vampires in the last ep were Tesla's creation, just a plan bearing fruit prematurely, Amanda decided to let Tesla go - even when he demonstrated new superpowers, and expressed a continued intention to take over the world. Apparently killers can be let go intending to kill again if Magnus finds them charming company. This was confirmed this episode when Magnus chose to bring Druitt back to life after she caught him killing again. (And yeah it turns out he's been suffering from demonic possession by energy entity the whole time and is really a noble soul at heart, but Magnus did not know that when she brought Druitt back to life.)
le nubian - Jan 09, 2010 4:47:28 am PST #11768 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Truth be told, it isn't clear to me that she sees herself as the police. Her charge is to protect abnormals. She lets a lot of things slide in the face of that. She also doesn't behave that great herself given her charge. Do you recall the episode last season where there was an abnormal in a warehouse? She was ready to wipe people's memories or something (I cannot recall the details right now) in order to nab and protect the abnormal.
As far as last night's ep:
I think Druitt did the best he could under the circumstances, but Magnus could have had a plan B. The energy creature would have killed them all if Druitt had stayed dead. But why not take Druitt to a place where they can contain the energy creature? There has got to be someplace on earth capable of such a thing.
Re: writing, the thing that really bothered me is why make the empaths Zulu (or speak any other language that all the crew didn't know)? It isn't like they were saying anything specific enough that Magnus and friends would have been suddenly enlightened. The empaths should have been able to communicate with the Sanctuary crew. But: Magnus can create technology that can contain all kinds of abnormals, but she can't put google translate in fucking iphones for Will and others?